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Historical Event on 1/15/1996

Victoria Terminus (VT) station in Mumbai renamed Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus by the Centre.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/5/1999Geet Sethi won the 1999 World matchplay billiards championship in Midsomer Norton.
12/17/1987Bhopal court orders the Union Carbide to pay Rs. 350 crore as interim relief to 1984 gas victims.
9/6/1947Indian government creates a new ministry of relief and rehabilitation of refugees.
9/6/1947Portuguese Catholics conquer Goa under Albuquerque, the then Governor, to serve as capital of their Asian maritime empire beginning conquest and exploitation of India by Europeans.
5/23/1931Sharad Joshi, famous Hindi poet, playwright and journalist, was born.
12/29/1953The States Reorganisation Commission.
9/20/1992Vithhal Badgelwar, painter and sculptor, passed away.
11/1/1978Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (HPKV) was converted from College of Agriculture to University.
12/13/1986Smita Patil, famous film actress, passed away.
11/6/1997Supreme Court acquits former Union Minister for Power and Food Kalpanath Rai held under TADA for alleged harbouring of an accused in ""1992 Bombay J.J. Hospital shootout case'